Preventing Youth Soccer Injury

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Injuries; Sports Injuries in Children; Sports Injury
• Interventions: Other: 1 referee present; Behavioral: 3 referees present

• Registration Number: NCT04266925
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

A study is proposed to test whether adding additional referees to youth soccer matches may reduce the risk of injury to the children playing soccer. Publicly-open youth soccer games will be randomly assigned to have either one or three referees and videotaped. The videotaped games will then be watched to record risk-taking behavior by players, referee decisions, and other factors relevant to potential injury.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-26
• Primary Completion: 2017-11-11
• Study Completion: 2017-11-11
• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-10
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-12
• Results First Submitted: 2020-04-29
• Status Verified: 2020-05
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-05-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-08
• Results First Posted: 2020-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

• unit of measurement was youth soccer teams playing in Birmingham, Alabama area league

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Exclusion Criteria

• teams serving children under age 9 or over age 11

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1 referee	1 referee present	One referee was present on the field during these youth soccer matches.
3 referees	3 referees present	Three referees were present on the field during these youth soccer matches.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Average Number of Injuries During Soccer Matches	baseline through one hour, which is beginning of the game until the end of the game, averaged across games	average number of injury events requiring player to leave the field or be attended by an adult, across all games in study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States